laugh
笑 is a 10 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as xiào in the fourth tone.
In traditional Chinese the character 咲 may be used.
It is made up of the components ⺮ (bamboo) and 夭 (die young).
3 stories have been written about this character — see all
Megan says eating BAMBOO will keep her from DIEing YOUNG. We <laugh>, but then [she ou]tlives everyone.
by vms5q
Yao contains the character 大, big, and looks like a big person.
If you put a bamboo hat on a big person you will laugh
by Funny翻译人
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 笑
Definitions for 笑 pronounced as xiào
- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
- laugh
- smile
- CL:個|个[ge4]
Vocabulary
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Collections
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